The images show the homemade explosives Holmes had laid inside the apartment
Prosecutors have released images of booby traps set in the apartment of Colorado cinema shooter James Holmes.
They also released pictures of the aftermath of the shooting and the car Holmes used to drive to the cinema in July 2012.
Holmes killed 12 people and wounded 70 others in the attack.
Last
month jurors decided not to give him the death penalty. He was instead
sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
The
photos show chemical and incendiary devices linked by wires, intended
to distract emergency responders from the cinema shooting. The devices
were later defused by a police bomb squad.
Prosecutors said that
the traps were designed to kill anyone who tried to enter and that if
the explosives had been detonated, the resulting fireball could have
damaged much of the building.
The images were released after open records requests.
Holmes
slipped into a midnight screening of Batman film The Dark Knight Rises
armed with a semi-automatic rifle, a shotgun and a pistol.
He threw smoke canisters and shot at people trying to escape.
Prosecutors argued the attack was clearly premeditated, with Holmes planning and amassing weapons for months.
As well as the explosives, petrol and bullets had been strategically placed
Other images showed the screen where the shooting took place, the seats peppered with bullet holes
The cinema exit is shown stained with blood
Holmes is now serving a life sentence with no
possibility of parole after a jury could not agree that he should be
sentenced to death
Title : Colorado shooting: Images show Holmes apartment booby traps
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